Everyone told me you can't build a major tech company in Canada. There just aren't enough investors or engineers or top-level managers. Each day, I'm driven to prove them wrong.

Email is familiar. It's comfortable. It's easy to use. But it might just be the biggest killer of time and productivity in the office today.

Social media is the future, with employers recognizing they need to start hiring people with the right skills.

When I was in high school, I loved paintball. I saved up my allowances and started my own paintball supply company. Everyone thought I was just some obsessed kid, but today the company is one of the biggest paintball suppliers in Canada.

For everybody in their busy lives, you need to invest in sharpening your tools, and you need to invest in longevity.

It may be coincidence that the decline of newspapers has corresponded with the rise of social media. Or maybe not.

You can run a sprint or your can run a marathon, but you can't sprint a marathon.